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Problem with RAM

PurpleSapphire

Posted 11 September 2005 - 11:01 AM

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Hello. I am having trouble with RAM. Even though I have have run numerous computer scans (Hijack This, Ewido, MS Anti-Spyware, Spybot S & D, Panda Active Scan, CCleaner, Ad-Aware ....the list goes on and on) and removed tons of junk, the RAM usage is nowhere close to normal.

I have 128MB RAM. I scanned with Everest and it found that utilized RAM fluctuates between 70 and 90 percent. There was also a note that stated "AGP aperture size is more than half of the system memory. This may cause penalty." I have tried to change the size from 4x to 2x but still the RAM is being heavily used. Does anyone know what I can do to correct this problem?

Posted 11 September 2005 - 11:50 AM

PurpleSapphire

Posted 11 September 2005 - 11:59 AM

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I will check the BIOS. Thank you.

The only changes made were adding new printers. Other than that, I'm not overly sure because this is a shared computer. I think I have cleared off most of the junk that others have downloaded on this machine.

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Murray S.

Posted 11 September 2005 - 05:52 PM

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You are right but it does use a large amount of what you have thus limiting the amount available for everything else.. Another good reason to let Windows control the paging file (virtual memory) as well..

Go to Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Information..

What does it say in there for total ram and ram available??

My work Win2000 has 512megs of ram and Win2000 is using 290 megs of it with 222 left for everything else!!

PurpleSapphire

Posted 12 September 2005 - 08:23 AM

I have allowed Windows to control page filing and it still runs just as slow.

Total RAM =128MBAvailable RAM = 15.17MB

Total Virtual Memory = 2GBAvailable Virtual Memory = 1.96GB

It seems that lowering the aperture setting has helped considerably with a game I've been trying to play, which is heavy on resources. Will the video card be able to pick up extra memory from RAM or VM (if neccessary) if I set the AGP apeture to the lowest setting possible?

EDIT:I just pulled out the memory and took a look at it. It specifies that it is 256MB (this matches the invoice). So, is there something wrong with my setup or have I been jipped out of RAM from the very start?